A.M. Greenlist: Electric cars might get killed -- again

>> Who killed the electric car deja vu in the making? The California Air Resources Board is considering requiring fewer zero-emissions vehicles from automakers. If tomorrow's CARB vote goes against ZEVs, automakers would instead be encouraged to make more low-emissions vehicles. (via grist)

>> Why so few good men? Chemical pollution can mean more girls than boys. "The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences determined that the ratio of male-to-female births has substantially dropped in the United States and Japan, yielding about 250,000 fewer boys than would have been born had the sex ratio circa 1970 endured. In both cases, researchers pegged environmental exposures as a probable factor in the shortage of boy births." (via greendaily)

>> Don't fight global warming, just adapt to it, say some scientists. "Hans von Storch, director of the Institute of Coastal Research in Germany, said that the world's problems were already so big that the added burdens caused by rising temperatures would be relatively small." The L.A. Times article pits the two sides (mitigation vs. adaptation) against each other, but the strategies for adaptation that are proposed -- including "better irrigation systems, drought-resistant crops and more-efficient food transport systems" -- seem quite similar to the mitigation strategies to me....

>> Lake Tahoe could turn murky due to global warming, say scientists at UC Davis' Tahoe Environmental Research Center.

>> A test of eight green bathroom products. Everything from baking soda to Method Tub+Tile goes under the scrub test -- and somewhat surprisingly, plain old borax comes out on top! Earlier: Green clean week.

>> Design a sustainable vendor booth for the Grand Central Terminal in NYC -- and win $5000. The five finalists of the  Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair Design Competition will have their work highlighted in a competition exhibit at Grand Central Terminal and win prizes. Deadline: May 30.

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Siel, this car, the Aptera, is being manufactured in Carlsbad CA.

The all electric does 90 mph, and 120 miles on a charge.

The plug in hybrid model can get uo to 300 mpg.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4237853.html